Layer by layer, they were sent to the rest room off the wall of the isolation ward.
A box of two vegetarian dishes is in the box lunch. The nurses after work are already hungry. They took off their masks and quickly fed food into their mouths. Box lunches are also available in limited quantities, with the owner’s name written on each box lunch.
Peng Zhiyong, director of the intensive medicine department, understood that “the takeout has stopped.”
“There is a shortage of supplies.” A nurse said that the protective measures they used after entering the isolation ward were still available. “But the masks used after work have to be bought by yourself. It is also difficult to buy.” She was opposite. The male nurse picked up a chocolate on the table. Chocolate is for tonight.
A photo of a colleague in the nurse’s display department of Zhongnan Hospital. Interface News Photo by Liu Haichuan
How many years have n’t been with the family during the Spring Festival? Peng Zhiyong himself couldn’t tell. After returning from studying in the United States, he was used to spending holidays in the ward. “I’ve spent three weeks here.”
Various news has emerged about Wuhan. The latest news about this department is that on January 22, they successfully treated a patient with severe new type of coronavirus pneumonia using established extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment, which is the first case in Hubei Province.
Even so, he still can’t relax. In the director’s office, he couldn’t even rest his body on the back comfortably.
In this ICU, life and death are normal.
Peng Zhiyong recalled that since the outbreak, several families have given up because of the problem of treatment costs. He revealed that the cost of ECMO therapy is usually more than 100,000 yuan. A recent case of severely ill patients had poor family conditions. “His relatives borrowed all their friends and relatives. At that time, they said that they would be rescued even if they sold iron.” But some people chose to “extubate because of the embarrassment of family conditions. “, And only one day later, state-related treatment costs are waivedThe plan came out. Peng Zhiyong said he was sorry.
The hour hand points to 8 o’clock. The nurse Li Jing, who had just come out of the isolation ward, took off her thick protective clothing and turned out the “New Year’s Eve” with her name written in the incubator. She had sweated her forehead, and the striations of her goggles and masks were clearly visible.
Doctors are preparing to enter the isolation ward. Interface News Photo by Liu Haichuan
In order to resist any danger from the isolation ward, Li Jing and colleagues wear three layers of protection before entering: the first layer of protection consisting of surgical gown, headgear, gloves, and shoe cover; white medical protective clothing; medical Face masks, goggles, and face shields form a face protection layer.
This suit requires 30 minutes of wearing time. And after wearing protective clothing, the movements of medical staff will be greatly restricted. “For example, you can’t take big steps when walking, you can’t drink water, you can’t go to the toilet. So you need to leave the isolation ward every 4 hours and rest once . “
But for a special period, 4 hours are extravagant. Peng Zhiyong said that after the outbreak, colleagues even had to work in protective clothing for 16 hours.
While Li Jing was on the front line, his father and aunt, both medical staff, were also on the front line of fighting the epidemic. “At home, only my brother is with my mother. The baby and husband over 1 year old are also waiting at home.”
“To celebrate the Chinese New Year today, I also made a video call with my mother in the morning. She taught me how to make dumplings, I’m afraid I won’t make them.”
She will go home from work at 1 am on New Year’s Eve, “when I go back, I will make dumplings.”
Night this time, the nurse Fu Xing received a call at the nurse’s station: the family gave the patient a New Year’s greeting and asked her to convey it.
The other party said on the phone: “Mom, come on, wait for you to recover, your daughter and grandson are waiting for you to go back to the New Year at home.”
She entersIsolate the ward and send distant blessings. Some nurses were replaced. People coming in and out are young, energetic, and exhausted. The river city Wuhan they are in, just like anywhere in China, enters the midnight of New Year’s Eve.
Note: Xu Ming, Ye Rou pseudonym